historically, most (if not all) democracies that have failed have been derailed by far, far less than this.
“the election” will not save us.
I truly don’t want to be “that guy” but looking at historical precedents... y’all see what’s happening and most likely about to happen in the next few months, right?
in addition to everything else (intentionally mismanaged pandemic, federal occupation of cities, voter suppression, destruction of USPS, violent crackdown on ppl demonstrating for basic civil rights for Black people) you remember how the 2000 election got decided, right?
this thread lays it out more eloquently: https://twitter.com/breenewsome/status/1285061948707672064?s=21 https://twitter.com/breenewsome/status/1285061948707672064
anyway, thank a demonstrator today. They’re valiantly trying to hold the line between us and (even more) chaos while the opposition party of our government is pretty much just letting us die, playing the waiting game for a peaceful, orderly election that likely won’t go down.
happy monday
if you’re asking for more details about how/where this is gonna lead, follow and listen to @sarahkendzior, because she’s been telling us the whole time and has been remarkably prescient about pretty much every detail.
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